The Emergence Machine

Objective

abstract · teleology · Level 4 · E0

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Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

The objective emerges from the understanding of change as a transformation of state or condition, and causality as the connection between events, where one event influences the occurrence of another.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “objective” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Historical origin

Origin word
objective
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL4L3L2L1L0ObjectiveCausalityFormStructureChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesGoalL5Goal SportL8AggressionL9Cognitive BiasL10PostmodernismL14ObjectiveL4ChangeL1CausalityL3E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Change L1 (requires)
    Objective requires understanding of change as a foundational concept.
  • Causality L3 (requires)
    Objective requires understanding of causality as a foundational concept.

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